Ohio State Route 736
State highway in Union County, Ohio, US
State Route 736 (SR 736, OH 736) is a north–south state highway in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 42 (US 42) near Plain City, and its northern terminus is at a T-intersection with SR 38 in Marysville.
Route description
SR 736 runs exclusively within Union County. Around 1,890 vehicles travel the road annually on average at the beginning of the route, and 2,220 near the end of the route.
SR 736 starts at US 42 near Plain City, and temporarily moves west, before moving northwest. The road continues in the same direction until its terminus at SR 38 in southwestern Marysville. The road passes through mostly farmland and private properties.
History
The route was originally designated in 1937 along the routing that it currently occupies between US 42 and SR 38, SR 736 has not experienced any significant changes to its routing since its debut.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Union County.
The public source identifies “Ohio State Route 736” as state highway in Union County, Ohio, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ohio, State and Route.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ohio State Route 736” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.